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Message: [QUOTE="statsgrad, post: 1180340, member: 3183"] We currently have wins over Villanova, Central Michigan, and Wake Forest. We are 88th in FBS in yards per game and 112th in points per game. We are 105th in time of possession. You really want our offense to "hurry up" and put our defense back on the field? There is a MUCH higher correlation between time of possession and win/loss than there is number of plays run and win/loss. If you have the ball over half the game it makes it very hard for your opponent to score -- that is much more important than any tiny incremental gain seen from going up-tempo. Against ACC competition and maryland we have scored 16.17 points per game (this includes Wake). And that also includes 3 defensive touchdowns. Without the defensive touchdowns we have scored 12.66 points per game. So yes, we should absolutely be slowing the game down. If you have issues in the red zone, this only adds to the argument against increasing tempo. [/QUOTE]